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knap
1[ nap ]
noun
British Dialect.
- a crest or summit of a small hill.
knap
2[ nap ]
verb (used with or without object)
Chiefly British Dialect.
knapped, knapping.
- to strike smartly; rap.
- to break off abruptly.
- to chip or become chipped, as a flint or stone.
- to bite suddenly or quickly.
knap
1/ ²Ôæ±è /
noun
- dialect.the crest of a hill
knap
2/ ²Ôæ±è /
verb
- dialect.tr to hit, hammer, or chip
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Derived Forms
- ˈ°ì²Ô²¹±è±è±ð°ù, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- °ì²Ô²¹±èp±ð°ù noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of knap1
before 1000; Middle English; Old English c²Ôæ±èp top, summit; cognate with Old Norse knappr knob
Origin of knap2
First recorded in 1425–75; Late Middle English; cognate with Dutch knapen “to crackâ€; imitative of the sound
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of knap1
Old English c²Ôæ±èp top; compare Old Norse knappr knob
Origin of knap2
C15 (in the sense: to strike with a sharp sound): of imitative origin; compare Dutch knappen to crack
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It was easy to knap, or to flake off, pieces into utilitarian shapes and didn’t need to be tempered or treated with heat as some tool stones do.
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By that time, toolmakers were already skilled at knapping.
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Our Paleolithic ancestors learned to knap delicate blades from round stone cobbles, hunt large game and cook their food.
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The course was jointly led by Ojibwe elders, who taught him how to knap flint, tan hides and build wigwams.
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It was there that he learned flint knapping, the shaping of stone to make tools.
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